Our Alice moves through the corridor and does a
Front Double Full Twist
and then promptly bumps into this...
Initiate (Book 1)
by Tara Maya
-my review
-offer ends Oct 31
PeekAbook:
* image source Alice by saramichaels
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Showing posts with label Tara Maya. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Giveaway: Initiate by Tara Maya
Our Alice moves through the corridor and does a
Front Double Full Twist
Initiate (Book 1)
by Tara Maya
-my review
-offer ends Oct 31
PeekAbook:
* image source Alice by saramichaels
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Happy Release: Sacrifice by Tara Maya
Sacrifice
by Tara Maya
Just released: August 29, 2011
fyi: kindle version is currently available for 99 cents
Love is not stronger than Death. Except in faery tales...
Welcome to Faearth. The world is still young, fairytales are real, and humans are trapped between the immortal fae and the minions of Death. The war between the fae and the Deathsworn will tear apart two lovers and determine who will rule the world…the humans, their ancient rivals, the Aelfae…or Death.
About SACRIFICE, the third book in The Unfinished Song series
As war looms on the horizon, Kavio continues to teach Dindi forbidden magics. Dindi’s cohort of fellow Initiates secretly select her to be the target of a vicious prank; an enemy of Kavio has targets her for an even viler crime.
Meanwhile, Brena seeks allies hidden among the enemy, which puts her on a collision course with her former captive and husband, Rthan, who is sent to stop her by any means necessary.
As powerful magic spins out of control, the fae themselves are in peril, and what started as a tribal war could become the cataclysm that wipes humans from Faearth.
For, in Faearth, there is a price to be paid for breaking taboos, and it can only be atoned for with a terrible sacrifice.
* if you would like to review a copy for your site, feel free to contact Tara at her site
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Taboo by Tara Maya
The Unfinished Song: Taboo (Book 2)
by Tara Maya
Published: 2011
Genre: Fairies, Fantasy, YA
ebook
Rating: 4
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Description from the amazon:
A DEVASTATING SETBACK
Enemy tribesmen attacked the Initiates during the ritual Test to find magic users. Dindi’s dreams are in shambles. In despair, she decides to step into the forbidden faery ring, and dance herself to death with the fae. Then she discovers another choice that saves her life…but breaks the ultimate taboo.
A DESPERATE OUTREACH
After being unfairly exiled from his own people, Kavio may have found a new home, but only if he can protect it from another attack by the enemy. He gathers a small group to venture deep into the heart of enemy territory in search of the ultimate prize…peace.
But by the harsh laws of their land, one cannot both break taboos and keep the peace. They will have to choose, what, or whom, to betray.
The Unfinished Song series:
Initiate
Taboo
Sacrifice - Summer 2011
My two-bits:
In-a-word(s): betrayal
I liked the character development in this ensemble cast of humans, fae and shapeshifters. Kavio remains my favorite hero, so far.
This second book in the series also gets a bit more detailed with the history and lore of the different tribes.
I would love to see the dances described. And, hear the type of music that would be played. I wonder if Tara might consider making a book trailer with the sights and sounds of her characters.
Left me hanging at the end.
*looking left and right and then up and down for book 3*
* review copy courtesy of author
* read the Tara's guest post that includes character, Rthan
* part of Fairy Tales in Bruges (the sequel) event
Friday, May 20, 2011
Initiate by Tara Maya
The Unfinished Song: Initiate by Tara Maya
Published: 2010
Publisher: Misque Press
Genre: Action, Coming of Age, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Romance, YA
ebook
Rating: 4
Description from the amazon:
DEADLY INITIATION
A DETERMINED GIRL...
Dindi can't do anything right, maybe because she spends more time dancing with pixies than doing her chores. Her clan hopes to marry her off and settle her down, but she dreams of becoming a Tavaedi, one of the powerful warrior-dancers whose secret magics are revealed only to those who pass a mysterious Test during the Initiation ceremony. The problem? No-one in Dindi's clan has ever passed the Test. Her grandmother died trying. But Dindi has a plan.
AN EXILED WARRIOR...
Kavio is the most powerful warrior-dancer in Faearth, but when he is exiled from the tribehold for a crime he didn't commit, he decides to shed his old life. If roving cannibals and hexers don't kill him first, this is his chance to escape the shadow of his father's wars and his mother's curse. But when he rescues a young Initiate girl, he finds himself drawn into as deadly a plot as any he left behind. He must decide whether to walk away or fight for her... assuming she would even accept the help of an exile.
The Unfinished Song series:
Initiate
Taboo
Sacrifice - Summer 2011
My two-bits:
In-a-word(s): Faerth
The setting of this story is in a hunter/gatherer kind of world that incorporates magic and the fae.
I liked learning about the coming of age process and watching the growing friendships with these characters.
Loved the humorous bits with the character, Gwenika. You can get a sense of her on this guest post from the author. She can be a hoot ;-D
fyi: kindle edition is currently available for $4.99
* review copy courtesy of author
* read Tara's guest post starring Gwenika
* part of Fairy Tales in Bruges (the sequel) event
Monday, April 18, 2011
Castle: Cellar
We find another interview - this time in the cellar...
by Tara Maya
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I begin the interview in the cellar of the castle. I know that for my guests, medieval technology would seem advanced. But I think they will be comfortable in the earthy cellar, that is not so different from the subterranean kivas built by their own people.
My guest, Gwenika, arrives. Typical of her tribefolk, she is solid and healthy, with cropped, thick dark hair and sun-warmed skin that shines golden brown. Her dress is beaded with polished acorn caps and quail feathers, and she sports a single gold ring in her nose. She’s cradling a chipmunk.
GWENIKA: I hope this interview won’t take long. Not that I don’t enjoy talking to you! It’s just that I don’ have long to live.
Tara: It won’t take long…. Wait, why do you say you don’t have long to live? Are you worried that the Blue Waters warriors might attack?
GWENIKA: (Coughs dramatically.) No, it’s this terrible illness I’m suffering: Itchy Throat and Trembling Tummy Disease. It’s fatal. I know, because I had it last year too, and almost died, though, as usual, my mother and sister didn’t care at all, and my mother still insisted I practice dancing! But even if the Itchy Throat and Trembling Tummy doesn’t kill me, the Jiggling Toe Pox certainly will. (She lifts a leg and wiggles five healthy looking toes.) You see? The jiggle has already set in.
Tara: You wiggled your toes yourself.
GWENIKA: Well, yes, but that doesn’t change the fact I’m about to die! You’re just like all the rest. You don’t take my illnesses seriously!
Tara: How many illnesses do you have?
GWENIKA: At least three or four a day. But I’m not making it up! I really am hexed, only no one will believe me! Except Dindi.
Tara: Didn’t your mother advise you to stay away from Dindi?
GWENIKA: My ears are hurting, I didn’t hear that last question. It’s probably a case of Deafening Buzz, a terrible hex that makes your ears ring. But anyway, my mother worries too much. She had to raise my sister and me by herself, so she wants to make sure we have friends with high status. Dindi isn’t high status. Among our people, the Tavaedies, warrior-dancers who know the secrets of dancing magic, earn respect and prestige. No one in Dindi’s clan has ever been chosen to be a Tavaedi.
Tara: But Dindi wants to be a Tavaedi?
GWENIKA: More than anything! I’m worried for her. I don’t think she has a very good chance of passing the Test during our Initiation ceremony. But I don’t care if she has magic. She’s kind, and to me that’s more important. She’s the only one who took the time to listen to me, the only one who believed in me. Maybe she’s a little strange. But I don’t care. She’s my friend.
~end
Interview with Gwenika post created for Fairy Tales in Bruges event by Tara Maya author of The Unfinished Song: Initiate (Book 1) © 2011. All rights reserved.
by Tara Maya
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Read more about Gwenika...
Initiate (Book 1)
by Tara Maya
* image source castle cellar
Castle: Gatehouse
After farewells with the knights, we hear a conversation in one of the guard rooms in the Gatehouse.
Let us do a bit of eavesdropping...
by Tara Maya
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A big, muscular man with blue and black tattoos on his cheeks, chest and arms stomps into the room. Before I can begin the interview, he raises a spear and aims the point at my throat.
RTHAN: I am no woman’s slave!
Tara: Whoah, calm down. I never said…
RTHAN: I may have been taken captive in battle and given as a slave to an enemy female, Brena, but, no matter how beautiful or tempting she is, I will never be tamed. I will never forsake allegiance to my own people. And I will never, NEVER rest until I have avenged the deaths of my wife and daughter.
Tara: That’s fine, but…
RTHAN: Kavio may believe peace is possible between my tribe and our ancestral foes, but he is a fool. Or worse, a slippery eel. I suspect everything he has done has been a lie… a scheme to defeat his cousin and re-gain power in the homeland that exiled him.
Tara: So you don’t trust Kavio, but…
RTHAN: No one should trust him. He is half-fae. I don’t deny he wields great power, maybe even greater than my own. But among my people, his kind are Shunned.
Tara: …but what about Brena?
RTHAN: (silent)
~end
Interview with Rthan post created for Fairy Tales in Bruges event by Tara Maya author of The Unfinished Song: Taboo (Book 2)
© 2011. All rights reserved.
by Tara Maya
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Read more about Rthan...
Taboo (Book 2)
by Tara Maya
* The Castle Gatehouse was the main entrance to the castle and therefore needed to be heavily guarded. It was defended by at least one portcullis which was a heavy grilled door that dropped vertically down to protect the main entrance. The Castle Gatehouse might also contain murder holes and arrowloops in the side walls. The Gatehouse, or main entrance, would be heavily barred. The Chapel was occasionally built in this vicinity - behind the Gatehouse. The enemy would then be seen to fire on the Chapel as they were attacking the main entrance to the castle - God was seen as being on the side of the Defenders of the castle! -per Part of a Castle
* image source castle gatehouse
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Giveaway: The Unfinished Song: Taboo
Taboo (Book 2)
by Tara Maya
We bump into Dindi and Kavio again after we leave the bakery...
Description from the amazon:
A DEVESTATING SETBACK
Enemy tribesmen attacked the Initiates during the ritual Test to find magic users. Dindi’s dreams are in shambles. In despair, she decides to step into the forbidden faery ring, and dance herself to death with the fae. Then she discovers another choice that saves her life…but breaks the ultimate taboo.
A DESPERATE OUTREACH
After being unfairly exiled from his own people, Kavio may have found a new home, but only if he can protect it from another attack by the enemy. He gathers a small group to venture deep into the heart of enemy territory in search of the ultimate prize…peace.
But by the harsh laws of their land, one cannot both break taboos and keep the peace. They will have to choose, what, or whom, to betray.
Want to meet them?
Win both ebooks!
Open to all.
Offer ends: May 15, 2011
TO DO:
Visit Tara's site, leave her a comment and tell me where you did.
AND, leave your email (if I don't already have it)
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Giveaway: The Unfinished Song: Initiate
Initiate (Book 1)
by Tara Maya
In the village we see these two characters in the crowd...
Description from the amazon:
DEADLY INITIATION
A DETERMINED GIRL...
Dindi can't do anything right, maybe because she spends more time dancing with pixies than doing her chores. Her clan hopes to marry her off and settle her down, but she dreams of becoming a Tavaedi, one of the powerful warrior-dancers whose secret magics are revealed only to those who pass a mysterious Test during the Initiation ceremony. The problem? No-one in Dindi's clan has ever passed the Test. Her grandmother died trying. But Dindi has a plan.
AN EXILED WARRIOR...
Kavio is the most powerful warrior-dancer in Faearth, but when he is exiled from the tribehold for a crime he didn't commit, he decides to shed his old life. If roving cannibals and hexers don't kill him first, this is his chance to escape the shadow of his father's wars and his mother's curse. But when he rescues a young Initiate girl, he finds himself drawn into as deadly a plot as any he left behind. He must decide whether to walk away or fight for her... assuming she would even accept the help of an exile.
Want to meet them?
ebook for 3 winners.
Open to all.
Offer ends: May 15, 2011
TO DO:
Check out Tara's cover artwork and tell me which one you like.
AND, leave your email (if I don't already have it)
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Contest has ended - winners are here
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